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i'll leave it there. >> let me bring in jim acosta. "the orlando sentinal" came out with an editorial tonight, endorsing mitt romney. key area of florida. florida, florida, florida, florida. key battleground state. i'm sure romney folks will be happy about that. >> well, wolf, they'll be very happy about that, because this is the same paper that endorsed barack obama four years ago. and for mitt romney to take that away from the president is important. a clip from the editorial i can read to you. we have little confidence that obama would be more successful managing the economy and the budget for the next four years. and for that reason, we endorsed him in 2008. we're recommending romney in this race. that is a pretty significant development in this race, because that central part of florida, wolf, as you have been saying, we've all been saying for months now, very key to the outcome of the state of florida. now, having said all of that, as flora just mentioned a few moments ago, the president is on safe ground in wisconsin, iowa, and
i'll leave it there. >> let me bring in jim acosta. "the orlando sentinal" came out with an editorial tonight, endorsing mitt romney. key area of florida. florida, florida, florida, florida. key battleground state. i'm sure romney folks will be happy about that. >> well, wolf, they'll be very happy about that, because this is the same paper that endorsed barack obama four years ago. and for mitt romney to take that away from the president is important. a clip from the...
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jim acosta, you spent the day covering mitt romney. how is he preparing to tell some jokes. >> that romney adviser did tell me he has been working on these jokes in addition to doing the debate prep. the american people are just getting a chance to get to know mitt romney. this wl be a part of that process. mitt romney to a lot of americans was an unknown quantity. one of the reasons we have seen him rising in the polls. they saw him as an acceptable alternative. i will mention that. perhaps a little animosity the other night. there was a poll that came out a few moments ago, the press pool, the small number of journalists in the event standing by to watch this unfold in a few moments from now. in that pool report, the alfred e. smith, iv, the m.c. gave a joke to kick off the night and said there is a safe distance between the two candidates this evening and pardon the truck behind me. he pointed to cardinal dolan. they got in a good joke before the candidates took the stage. >> they have had an excellent dinner, we are told. let me ju
jim acosta, you spent the day covering mitt romney. how is he preparing to tell some jokes. >> that romney adviser did tell me he has been working on these jokes in addition to doing the debate prep. the american people are just getting a chance to get to know mitt romney. this wl be a part of that process. mitt romney to a lot of americans was an unknown quantity. one of the reasons we have seen him rising in the polls. they saw him as an acceptable alternative. i will mention that....
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want to bring back jim acosta in reno, nevada. i want to follow up on some controversy involving a u.s. senate candidate who romney has endorsed. richard mourdock of indiana, making a statement that pregnancy from rape is, quote, god's intent. to what extent is the romney campaign trying to distance itself from mourdock? >> reporter: well, fredricka, as you mentioned, mitt romney did tape an endorsement spot for richard mourdock that republican candidate in indiana for the u.s. senate there. he made those comments about abortion and rape and made some comments about why he believes abortion should be outlawed. and in the case of rape. and he had to go back and explain those comments in that news conference earlier on this morning. but the romney campaign is trying to distance itself somewhat from richard mourdock, how to say, there is a statement i can read you from andrea saw, a campaign spokeswoman, she says governor romney disagrees with richard mourdock and mr. mourdock's comments do not reflect governor romney's views. we dis
want to bring back jim acosta in reno, nevada. i want to follow up on some controversy involving a u.s. senate candidate who romney has endorsed. richard mourdock of indiana, making a statement that pregnancy from rape is, quote, god's intent. to what extent is the romney campaign trying to distance itself from mourdock? >> reporter: well, fredricka, as you mentioned, mitt romney did tape an endorsement spot for richard mourdock that republican candidate in indiana for the u.s. senate...
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. >> joining us for more on how the two campaigns are handling this, jim acosta, traveling with mitt romney and chief white house correspondent jessica yellin. is the campaign concerned about the binder controversy. >> well, anderson, it's worth noting what romney did and did not talk about at his first post debate speech earlier today in chesapeake, virginia. he did not talk about that dustup between himself and the president over what happened in benghazi, but he did make reference to women voters, in his speech in chesapeake. he said that the president has failed america's women. that appeared to be a pretty blatant appeal to female voters in the audience there and all across the country. and, anderson, late in the day, he sent out a tweet of a web video featuring members of his cabinet back in massachusetts when he was governor there that were women. one of the women said in the web video that mitt romney understand working women and keep in mind that he made this response, made these remarks about binders full of women in response to a question about the lilly ledbetter act whic
. >> joining us for more on how the two campaigns are handling this, jim acosta, traveling with mitt romney and chief white house correspondent jessica yellin. is the campaign concerned about the binder controversy. >> well, anderson, it's worth noting what romney did and did not talk about at his first post debate speech earlier today in chesapeake, virginia. he did not talk about that dustup between himself and the president over what happened in benghazi, but he did make...
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we have jim acosta on the ground in danville. i want to start with brianna keilar, white house correspondent, in kentucky for us, as well, right now. let's start with the exclusive pictures. the picture you have sort of behind the scenes and see is that the replica of the debate set and seeing joe biden? >> reporter: it's very similar to the debate set that we'll see tonight during the debate here in danville, kentucky. the pictures you are looking at, actually, though are of what's really a second floor ballroom in the wilmington, delaware, shert sherton. you can see how much the biden team tried to duplicate the team here. >> here we go. >>. >> reporter: the table that joe biden is sitting at. that's chris van hollen, a democrat, the top on the house budget committee. it's a half circle table and then a little round section of it in the middle and that is where martha radditz the moderator will sit played in mock debates by the vice president's communications director and also a former "the washington post" reporter. but this i
we have jim acosta on the ground in danville. i want to start with brianna keilar, white house correspondent, in kentucky for us, as well, right now. let's start with the exclusive pictures. the picture you have sort of behind the scenes and see is that the replica of the debate set and seeing joe biden? >> reporter: it's very similar to the debate set that we'll see tonight during the debate here in danville, kentucky. the pictures you are looking at, actually, though are of what's...
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jim acosta there following mitt romney. so obviously today the tone changes somewhat for the governor but what can we expect to hear? >> reporter: i think we're getting a preview of that right now. jeb bush is on stage. marco rubio was at the podium and the florida governor, marco rubio steered clear of attacks on president obama. jeb bush on stage right now, he made a very interesting comment a few moments ago about storm response. he said it's the state and local response that really matters, not clear whether or not that was a dig at the president and the federal response that's going on and attention paid to the federal response. really, that'ses a close as either that they have come going after president obama in this event and lines up from what i heard of a top romney adviser this morning that the gop nominee striking a positive tone on the campaign trail. we heard mario rubio. i think the closest he got was talking about the state of economy saying this doesn't have to be the new normal and seeing right now is maybe
jim acosta there following mitt romney. so obviously today the tone changes somewhat for the governor but what can we expect to hear? >> reporter: i think we're getting a preview of that right now. jeb bush is on stage. marco rubio was at the podium and the florida governor, marco rubio steered clear of attacks on president obama. jeb bush on stage right now, he made a very interesting comment a few moments ago about storm response. he said it's the state and local response that really...
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national political correspondent jim acosta is traveling with him. hey, jim, good morning. >> reporter: hi, soledad. good morning. that's right. after that debate performance that was widely viewed as a victory for mitt romney, he's going to be going after the president on foreign policy this morning as you mentioned in that speech over at virginia military institute in a few hours from now. he's going to do a few different things in this speech, soledad. the campaign has released some speech excerpts that we can talk about. but first of all, he is going to be talking about those diplomatic attacks in benghazi, libya. mitt romney's going to be accusing the president of showing weakness on that particular subject. and he's basically going to say that those attacks were essentially the work of the same forces that attacked the united states on september 11th. so he is going to be talking about al qaeda later this morning. the other thing he's going to be pledging to do, he says he's going to help arm the syrian rebels in their fight against that countr
national political correspondent jim acosta is traveling with him. hey, jim, good morning. >> reporter: hi, soledad. good morning. that's right. after that debate performance that was widely viewed as a victory for mitt romney, he's going to be going after the president on foreign policy this morning as you mentioned in that speech over at virginia military institute in a few hours from now. he's going to do a few different things in this speech, soledad. the campaign has released some...
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and jim acosta's right. that's where the fight is really going to be. >> this battle, let's go back to ohio. john king is standing by. john, it's getting closer and closer in ohio and to my surprise, it's even getting closer north in michigan. you would think that after the president saved chrysler and gm, that he would have a bigger advantage right now, but it's shrinking. what's going on? >> well, governor romney's getting a bounce out of that first debate. we've seen it in the national polls. he's now a point or two ahead in some of them. essentially a tie in the national polls after being down three or four. now we're looking at these battleground states. the brand-new poll has him 51-47, so you call that a statistical tile. that michigan poll had them within the margin of error as well. i'm a bit dubious about michigan. he did get a post-debate bounce. we'll see if it sticks. the auto bailout, one of the reasons the president has been pretty strong there. that's why you heard a more confident governor r
and jim acosta's right. that's where the fight is really going to be. >> this battle, let's go back to ohio. john king is standing by. john, it's getting closer and closer in ohio and to my surprise, it's even getting closer north in michigan. you would think that after the president saved chrysler and gm, that he would have a bigger advantage right now, but it's shrinking. what's going on? >> well, governor romney's getting a bounce out of that first debate. we've seen it in the...
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jim acosta is there and jim, obviously, the point here is to kind of fill that room post debate with a lot of big names that reporters can talk to to get their take. >> that's right. one of the misconceptions out there is that all of us in the media are watching this debate from inside the hall. there's not enough space, so they put us in this giant spin room. as we were standing inside the university of denver, photographe photographers perched atop, but just about every major news organization is positioned around the spin room. there are members of the romney traveling press corp. my colleague jessica yellin is off to my right. the romney campaign along with the rnc has set up a booth here, candy. this is where they'll be live s different news organizations, so you will see some of that later on tonight and to give you some housekeeping as to what's happening right now, candy, i can tell you according to the press pool reporters traveling with mitt romney, the gop contender and his we've, ann romney, are en route to the university of colorado. they just wrapped up dinner at the ch
jim acosta is there and jim, obviously, the point here is to kind of fill that room post debate with a lot of big names that reporters can talk to to get their take. >> that's right. one of the misconceptions out there is that all of us in the media are watching this debate from inside the hall. there's not enough space, so they put us in this giant spin room. as we were standing inside the university of denver, photographe photographers perched atop, but just about every major news...
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acosta explaiis... beffre leavinggdenver for the campaign trail... romney conference. (nats)mitt romney took his victory lap after the first presidential debate reccivingg connerence of conservativee in denver.i saw the presiddnt's visiio as trickll-down government and i on't think that's what america believes in. i see instead a prosperiiy that comes through freedom. (nats) it didn't take long after he debate was finished for the romney campaign to turn the spin roomminto the win room.(reporter: re ou declaaing victory?)jim, if this was a bbxing match, the reeeree would have called it. after taaing someeknncks from ssme in the gop for spending too much timeein debate prep aaddnot enough at ralliessin swing states, the romney campaign felt vindicated. althoughhromney senior advisee the notion that that the ck on - look, i hink at the of the e day booh the president and governor romney probably put an equal amount oo time up preparing for thhs debate.just two days ago after the president oked his own adv
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jim acosta, cnn, florida. >> all right, third and last presidential debate. this monday night the focus will be foreign policy. live coverage from boca raton, florida, 7 eastern. >>> and a washington athlete accomplishing something that no player has ever done. the amazing play making its way across the nation. [ woman ] it's 32 minutes to go time, and the candidate's speech is in pieces all over the district. the writer's desktop and the coordinator's phone are working on a joke with local color. the secure cloud just received a revised intro from the strategist's tablet. and while i make my way into the venue, the candidate will be rehearsing off of his phone. [ candidate ] and thanks to every young face i see out there. [ woman ] his phone is one of his biggest supporters. [ female announcer ] with cisco at the center... working together has never worked so well. ernest. >>> a florida judge has ruled that the trayvon martin school and records can be handed over to the family of zimmerman. they were trying to keep the information private. more from seminole
jim acosta, cnn, florida. >> all right, third and last presidential debate. this monday night the focus will be foreign policy. live coverage from boca raton, florida, 7 eastern. >>> and a washington athlete accomplishing something that no player has ever done. the amazing play making its way across the nation. [ woman ] it's 32 minutes to go time, and the candidate's speech is in pieces all over the district. the writer's desktop and the coordinator's phone are working on a joke...
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as jim acosta pointed out, he did know women and he had some on his staff. he did himself a disservice with the way he phrased this. the obama team is getting mileage out of it. >> is he talking at all about the women the role women had at bain capital? it is a male-dominated profession, particularly back then. has he talked at all about that? in the debate he was focusing solely on his time as governor. >> actually, no, anderson. that's interesting you ask that question. we haven't heard mitt romney talk about that on campaign trail, how women might have fared at his former investment firm. keep in mind that the chief of staff for mitt romney when he was governor in massachusetts was beth meyers who went on to run his 2008 campaign and went on here in 2012 to lead his vice presidential search. this is a candidate who has had women in high-level positions. and it's worth noting in just the last few minutes here, anderson, he's had one of those top surrogates, barbara comstock on the stage behind me and now the wife of george allen, who's running for the sena
as jim acosta pointed out, he did know women and he had some on his staff. he did himself a disservice with the way he phrased this. the obama team is getting mileage out of it. >> is he talking at all about the women the role women had at bain capital? it is a male-dominated profession, particularly back then. has he talked at all about that? in the debate he was focusing solely on his time as governor. >> actually, no, anderson. that's interesting you ask that question. we haven't...
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jim acosta with a special guest, marco rubio who supports mitt romney. must be pretty happy. >> that's right, wolf. we had senator rubio listen to david axelrod's comments. we heard him say let's not get caught up in the theater of the moment. i'm guessing from your vantage point, it was a good play tonight. >> the only one more frustrated than barack obama is david axelrod. i think it's clear, barack obama pretty uncomfortable talking about taxes, the budget, jobs, the most important things in america. that's what he's uncomfortable about. he doesn't understand the american free enterprise system, how it works, number two, probably doesn't believe it in the way mitt romney believes in it. and has a terrible record. look at the jobs, unemployment rate, the suffering of the american middle class, buied as joe biden reminded us. the policies of barack obama. he turned to the moderator and asked him to change the subject. let's move on to something else. we're not going to move on to something else. this is the issue of the moment. >> at one point during th
jim acosta with a special guest, marco rubio who supports mitt romney. must be pretty happy. >> that's right, wolf. we had senator rubio listen to david axelrod's comments. we heard him say let's not get caught up in the theater of the moment. i'm guessing from your vantage point, it was a good play tonight. >> the only one more frustrated than barack obama is david axelrod. i think it's clear, barack obama pretty uncomfortable talking about taxes, the budget, jobs, the most...
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let's go to jim acosta at the rally in fishersville, virginia. trace adkins, i guess, is going to perform there. they're getting ready for a big, big blowout. >> reporter: that's right, erin. they are blowing this day up. you could say this is a #winningday for the romney campaign. trace adkins is on stage. and we saw the evidence of this all day long from the gop nominee, when he got on board his campaign plane earlier this morning. he was already cruising at a higher altitude, erin, chatting up his campaign staff. there was a smile on his face. and, honestly, erin, i've been covering this campaign for a year and a half. this was one of the happit days that i've seen on the part of this campaign and its staff for some time. but you could tell that things were starting to change during the day, as the president was starting to mount that new offensive, going after mitt romney on his statements last night, calling into question whether or not the gop contender was telling the truth during last night's debate and putting out that new ad that said i
let's go to jim acosta at the rally in fishersville, virginia. trace adkins, i guess, is going to perform there. they're getting ready for a big, big blowout. >> reporter: that's right, erin. they are blowing this day up. you could say this is a #winningday for the romney campaign. trace adkins is on stage. and we saw the evidence of this all day long from the gop nominee, when he got on board his campaign plane earlier this morning. he was already cruising at a higher altitude, erin,...
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jim acosta standing by. jessica yellin. to you, have you senator rob portman, the individual who helped mitt romney, played the president of the united states in the debate preparation sessions. >> that's right. senator rob portman from ohio is with me. have you been prepping mitt romney for the past several weeks. what is your assessment of the night? did the preparation pay off? >> jim, a terrific night for mitt romney. for the undecided voter in ohio, they were looking for two things, one, a discussion about the record of the last four years, and why we can't afford it for the next four. and most importantly, talked about his own policies and set the record straight on some of the misleading ads that the obama campaign has put out about his tax plan, budget plan, health care plan, so on. he did exactly what he had to do for undecided voters, really pleased with his performance. >> what about the line from the president that mitt romney has not offered enough specifics? and if the specifics were so great, he would be reve
jim acosta standing by. jessica yellin. to you, have you senator rob portman, the individual who helped mitt romney, played the president of the united states in the debate preparation sessions. >> that's right. senator rob portman from ohio is with me. have you been prepping mitt romney for the past several weeks. what is your assessment of the night? did the preparation pay off? >> jim, a terrific night for mitt romney. for the undecided voter in ohio, they were looking for two...
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thanks very much for that, jim acosta. mitt romney's call to arm syrian rebels could level the playing field in the country's civil war and put weapons in the hands potentially of 2riterrorists. pentagon correspondent chris stewart is worki in lawrence is working this side of story. >> reporter: this is a major difference. governor romney is advocating for an aggressive american approach to syria. it carries a reward in that if and when bashar al assad falls, the americans and the united states would really have a seat at the table as to what comes next but the risk is that some of the arms that could flow in to syria could be in the hands of terrorists. in a mitt romney administration, the u.s. could be fighting a proxy war with iran in syria. governor romney said monday that iran is sending arms to syria because bashar al assad's downfall is a strategic defeat for teheran. >> we should be working no less vigorously through the international partners to support the many syrians who would deliver that defeat to iran rather
thanks very much for that, jim acosta. mitt romney's call to arm syrian rebels could level the playing field in the country's civil war and put weapons in the hands potentially of 2riterrorists. pentagon correspondent chris stewart is worki in lawrence is working this side of story. >> reporter: this is a major difference. governor romney is advocating for an aggressive american approach to syria. it carries a reward in that if and when bashar al assad falls, the americans and the united...
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. >> joining us for more on how the two campaigns are handles this, jim acosta and jessica yellen. is the campaign concerned with this whole binder controversy? >> reporter: i think it's worth noting what mitt romney did and did not talk about at his first post-debate speech earlier today in chesapeake, virginia. he did not talk about that dust-up between himself and the president over what happened in benghazi, but he did make reference to women voters in his speech in chesapeake. he said that the president has failed america's women. that appeared to be a blatant appeal to female voters in the audience and all across the country. late in the day he sent out a tweet of a web video featuring member of his cabinet in massachusetts when he was governor being women. one of the women on the cabinet said in that web video that mitt romney understands working women. keep in mind that he made this response -- he made this remark about binders of women in response to the lilly ledbetter act, which makes it easier for women to sue over pay equity issues and he did not address that question.
. >> joining us for more on how the two campaigns are handles this, jim acosta and jessica yellen. is the campaign concerned with this whole binder controversy? >> reporter: i think it's worth noting what mitt romney did and did not talk about at his first post-debate speech earlier today in chesapeake, virginia. he did not talk about that dust-up between himself and the president over what happened in benghazi, but he did make reference to women voters in his speech in chesapeake....
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jim acosta, cnn, st. petersburg, florida. >>> speaking of mitt romney, taking the stage in florida shortly for a rally. we may dip in and listen to mr. romney during this hour but you can watch the entire event by logging on to cnn.com. >>> a legal system nightmare. thousands of cases may have been jeopardized by a lab worker who allegedly tampered with evidence. that story is next. the wheels of progress. seems they haven't been moving much lately. but things are starting to turn around because of business people like you. and regions is here to help. with the experience and service to keep things rolling. from business loans to cash management, we want to be your partner moving forward. so switch to regions. and let's get going. together. his morning starts with arthritis pain. and two pills. afternoon's overhaul starts with more pain. more pills. triple checking hydraulics. the evening brings more pain. so, back to more pills. almost done, when... hang on. stan's doctor recommended aleve. it can keep p
jim acosta, cnn, st. petersburg, florida. >>> speaking of mitt romney, taking the stage in florida shortly for a rally. we may dip in and listen to mr. romney during this hour but you can watch the entire event by logging on to cnn.com. >>> a legal system nightmare. thousands of cases may have been jeopardized by a lab worker who allegedly tampered with evidence. that story is next. the wheels of progress. seems they haven't been moving much lately. but things are starting to...
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jim acosta, thank you. with forecasters calling for a day and a half of hurricane-force winds, rain, even snow, how are people supposed to prepare for this? we'll talk to russell honory, the man who commanded after hurricane katrina. there he is live in action. he's here with me in studio moments away. [ man ] in hong kong, on my way to the board meeting... anne's tablet called my phone. anne's tablet was chatting with a tablet in sydney... a desktop in zurich... and a telepresence room in brazil. the secure cloud helped us get some numbers from my assistant's pc in new york. and before i reached the top, the board meeting became a congrats we sold the company party. wait til my wife's phone hears about this. [ cellphone vibrating ] [ female announcer ] with cisco at the center, working together has never worked so well. we have so much technology in our store to really show the customers what's going on with their bodies. now you can feel what happens as we raise your sleep number setting and allow the bed
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want to tell you jim acosta is in maryland. there he is. excuse me, marion, ohio, traveling with the romney campaign. give us a quick update. this has really changed the plans for mitt romney and for president barack obama but what are you hearing from the romney camp? >> reporter: well, don, i'll tell you right now the romney campaign is feeling very optimistic, not only looking at those national polls, if you look at our latest cnn poll of polls mitt romney leading nationally over the president, but in ohio our latest cnn/orc, even though it shows the president with a healthy lead there, it is still within the margin of error and mitt romney has played some serious catch-up. there's another poll that came out a consortium of ohio newspapers that shows the race tied in this state. the romney campaign is feeling pretty good but the "x" factor in everything right now from now until election day, the last nine days of this race, all hinges on hurricane sandy at this point. an election that was already uncertain and unpredictable is now only w
want to tell you jim acosta is in maryland. there he is. excuse me, marion, ohio, traveling with the romney campaign. give us a quick update. this has really changed the plans for mitt romney and for president barack obama but what are you hearing from the romney camp? >> reporter: well, don, i'll tell you right now the romney campaign is feeling very optimistic, not only looking at those national polls, if you look at our latest cnn poll of polls mitt romney leading nationally over the...
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jim acosta with the romney campaign in daytona beach, florida. chief white house correspondent jessica yellin and senior political analyst, david gergen. jessica, let's starts in the midwest, iowa, wisconsin. the president has a small but consistent lead from the romney campaign's perspective in ohio. how much of the midwest at the heart of the obama path to 270? >> they -- well, they are relying on it pretty confidently, john. they feel good about those states. they think because the unemployment picture is improving there, in many of those states it's actually lower than when the president came into office, because the auto bailout worked for so many of the voters in ohio, also you can look at michigan but even especially in ohio, and because he has an advantage if you look at the latest polling in iowa and wisconsin among women voters in particular, they feel strong that the president has a good shot there and it's part of his firewall against some of these other potential losses in the states you were looking at earlier, for example, florida
jim acosta with the romney campaign in daytona beach, florida. chief white house correspondent jessica yellin and senior political analyst, david gergen. jessica, let's starts in the midwest, iowa, wisconsin. the president has a small but consistent lead from the romney campaign's perspective in ohio. how much of the midwest at the heart of the obama path to 270? >> they -- well, they are relying on it pretty confidently, john. they feel good about those states. they think because the...
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first, though, jim acosta traveling with the romney campaign. dan lothian is covering team oba obama. jim, the governor seemed to have some momentum then the later debate stalled some progress perhaps. we haven't seen a lot of poll numbers. now his team has spent a valuable campaign day on the defensive over this. does this story concern them overall? >> i think it does, anderson, and you can tell by the fact that senior romney advisers were really out of sight all day long. we did not see them at either of the big campaign events that he had today. in nevada and here in iowa. and i think this is what happens when the romney campaign has a narrative, a news cycle that sort of gets out of its control. and we saw that happen earlier today. before they put out that statement saying what they wanted to do with that pro-richard mourdock ad and whether or not they would continue to support him, one of their top surrogates, new hampshire senator kelly ayotte, who was on his vice presidential list of potential running mates, she already went out and sai
first, though, jim acosta traveling with the romney campaign. dan lothian is covering team oba obama. jim, the governor seemed to have some momentum then the later debate stalled some progress perhaps. we haven't seen a lot of poll numbers. now his team has spent a valuable campaign day on the defensive over this. does this story concern them overall? >> i think it does, anderson, and you can tell by the fact that senior romney advisers were really out of sight all day long. we did not...
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our predebate coverage begins right now with cnn's national political correspondent jim acosta who's been following the romney campaign. jim. >> reporter: wolf, a top campaign advisor tells cnn mitt romney has been working on his town hall debate skills taking on not just a stand-in moderator but also mock questioners and practice session. but it's also worth noetding romney has done countless campaign events in this type of town hall setting, but sometimes with mixed results. looking to put another crucial night in the debate win column, mitt romney is heading into his next face-off with president obama after days of intense preparations to gear for the evening town hall format, a romney advisor says the gop nominee has rehearsed with a roomful. officials are giving president obama the edge but note the republican contender has held over 100 town hall meetings. they expect romney to talk about the economy and what they call his bipartisan record governing massachusetts. advisors say romney also hopes to take on secretary of state hillary clinton's comments on the attack on the u.s.
our predebate coverage begins right now with cnn's national political correspondent jim acosta who's been following the romney campaign. jim. >> reporter: wolf, a top campaign advisor tells cnn mitt romney has been working on his town hall debate skills taking on not just a stand-in moderator but also mock questioners and practice session. but it's also worth noetding romney has done countless campaign events in this type of town hall setting, but sometimes with mixed results. looking to...